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Well my personal definition of simulation is pretty much is the "simulationist" corner of the Threefold, as worked out in...

I think that is key. In my opinion of immersion, the player is looking at things from a first person perspective.

There is a desire to avoid temptation in both the player and the character in GURPS, that does not hold in Fate where the character...

Seems like your mileage does indeed vary then 🙂

I disagree; GM decisions based on in-world phenomena and likely cause / effect count as simulation in my book. YMMV :)

I’m not @Micah Sweet but I can give a solid example of the point. Consider a character who is an alcoholic. This is probably a strong...

@Celebrim , @The Firebird , @pemerton - while you all make very reasonable points about the codification of play, my point was that this...

I don’t think those logically follow from each other, although I agree some people go that route. As evidence, I would offer Kriegspiel...

I think it is useful to remember George Box when thinking about simulation: “all models are wrong, some are useful”. It’s often applied...

This isn't what simulation means in GNS/the big model. You can read here what simulationism means in GNS: The Forge :: Simulationism...

That sounds more like a specific counter-punch to Runequest (subject to the exact publication dates) which brought in mechanics similar...

Great post. I think Rolemaster is massively underappreciated as a genuinely well-designed and evocative sim game. To my mind second...

Coming back down to techniques, I think of the weapons v armor table in AD&D 1e as more gamist than simulationist. The idea is to make...

I'm tempted to say that a simulation mechanic is more of an underlying feature of the setting independent of whatever abstractions might...

Various people upthread have done a fine job of defining simulation in the same (or better!) terms that I'd use, which means I don't...